"Federal judge dismisses nude protester's claim that police violated his rights by arresting him": Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman"Supreme Court weighs union fees for teachers: Is it a matter of free speech?" David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Because I am on the road now and will continue to be on the road for the next two days, new posts will appear here less frequently, but new appellate related retweets may appear on this blog's Twitter feed a bit more frequently during that period.Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman

"The average age of the Supreme Court is close to a record high": Philip Bump has this post today at "The Fix" blog of The Washington Post.Posted at 09:50 PM by Howard Bashman"Fallout from Porngate leads to cases being appealed, claiming racial, gender, and ethnic bias": In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeremy Roebuck and Mark Fazlollah have a front page article that begins, "Mallissa Weaver knew she faced long odds when in 2008 she sought to convince the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that unrelenting sexual harassment by her former boss was so egregious that the justices should overturn a state law that barred her from suing for discrimination."Posted at 08:27 AM by Howard Bashman